I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google (London, England) in Apr 2022
Interview
Really smooth and structured process, very helpful recruiters who shared feedback and helped me do well in all interviews. Interviewers were all very supportive and made me feel confident and comfortable at all times during the interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Product Questions:
1. Design an app for waste management
2. Discuss Metrics for Youtube in a developing country
4. Favourite product and suggest improvements
3. Redesign the shopping cart for online grocery
4. Not so favourite product and how to improve it, which metric to monitor for success
5. Simple Technical questions like difference between C and SQL, HTTP and HTTPS,
6. Explain cookie to grandmother
The process was straightforward and moved quickly. After applying online, a recruiter reached out within a few days for a brief phone screen. That was followed by two video interviews, one with the hiring manager and one with a panel of team members focused on project planning and stakeholder communication. The whole thing wrapped up in about two weeks, and the team was responsive and clear about next steps throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I walked through a specific project where a key vendor delivery slipped. I explained how I flagged the risk early in our weekly status review, reset expectations with stakeholders, re-sequenced dependent tasks, and brought the timeline back within an acceptable range by negotiating a partial early delivery.
standard 1st round digital interview, they are asking about your experience, background, some behavioural questions and technical questions. and they also share a bit more about the role, culture and expectation
Very self-driven, first of multiple rounds, where I had to take the initiative to arrive at the problem, constraints, approach, solutions, tradeoffs and reasoning behind it in a matter of 30 minutes.